CLAUDET

Antoine François Jean . b. Lyons 12 Aug. 1797; opened a warehouse at 89 High Holborn, London for sale of French gla 1829; invented machine for cutting cylindrical gla 1833; photographer at Adelaide gallery, London 1840–51, at 107 Regent st. 1851 to death; one of the first to adopt the collodion proce ; F.R.S. 2 June 1853; invented many new photographic proce es; photographer in ordinary to the Queen 1858; author of upwards of 40 papers; received awards of 11 medals; a chevalier of the Legion of Honour 1863. d. 11 Gloucester road, Regent’s park, London 27 Dec. 1867. Scientific Review, August 1868 pp. 151–4 ; Proc. of Royal Soc. xvii, pp. lxxxv-lxxxvii (1869).